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Just heard this on WBAP and by an email. Things are notta-good.
Long-time, national restaurant chains Bennigan's and Steak & Ale have
closed their doors and filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection,
shuttering more than 300 sites and letting go of thousand of employees.
It is one of the country's largest restaurant bankruptcies and
eliminates two sit-down chains that have been part of the casual dining
landscape for decades. The chains will liquidate and are not likely to
re-open.
34 comments:
What will the metroplex do now? No one serving a good deepfried club sandwich with rasberry jam. Ah the memories I have both as an employee and as patron. Tear for nosatlgia....
Apparently, they called all managers at 7:30 a.m. and told them to be ready for a conference call at 8:00, where they told them that they were closing and could go home. The managers then had to call all of the employees to let them know.
Where am I going to drink green beer now on St.Patties Day?
Momma, sure loved the ribs!
Gump
More pointless fluff we didn't really need anyway. The one time I ate at Bennigans I left feeling cheated.
Here's an idea, cook a meal at home, eat with your family, interact with your kids,,,,
the possibilities are endless.
Thanks George W. Bush and all your thugs. Thanks a whole f^ckin$ lot.
cant say ill miss em
It's the libs fault
BREAKING NEWS IN UPDATE
So exactly how many people have been killed working on this thing we TEXANS call BARNETT SHALE
The Barnett Shale is a war of its own
Hey 2:37----Let's all hold hands and sing Kum ba yah!
I'm glad gas is down to $3.75. Just heard the futures fell to $2.99.
War is hell. Peace is worse.
There is no hope for humanity.
I once choked on a drumstick there, I haven't been back to work since!
Greggo
3:04?????????
You one of them there freakin hermersexial queers, or what?
Too bad, I heard that Senator McBush's first wife and family used to eat there a lot, that was all they could afford.
Cindy
Maybe we can use the buildings for churches.
I know who's to blame!
Jim Crow
Hey 2:37, you sound like my father, anybody who doesn't live life the way he does is doing something wrong. I and many others commute to and from work everyday, and by the time I get home I barely have the energy to eat. Let alone spend an hour plus preparing a meal and then the cleanup afterwords. I'm not sure how eating out would keep me from talking to my family either.
We have many choices in America, that's what makes it so great. Don't try to dictate your tastes to everyone else.
Anyways People these days its cheaper for my family of 4 to eat out than it is to cook. Dont get me wrong i DO COOK but its getting expensve
You get MORE family time when you go out to eat. You actually can sit and talk while someone else prepares your food and CLEANS it up
hallelujah
I honestly can't remember when I ate at either of those places, but I have. Steak and Ale used to be THE PLACE to eat when I lived in the metromess back in the '70's, except for The Petroleum Club in Fort Worth, which I got to go to several times - it was way swank. I'm astounded there are still Steak and Ale's around. We ate at Bennigan's many times as well, but like 2:37 said, I always felt cheated, and went home and tried to recreate some of the recipes we really liked. I think Bennigans was responsible for me knowing that you could put cheese on a steak - and that's when I learned about Monterrey Jack, or something like that.
We didn't have the internet back then, so I had to guess. And when I got it right, it sure was cheaper, and tasted as good or better, and we did sit at the table for a family dinner. Some of you whiners should try that some time.
And to 3:53PM "Hey 2:37, you sound like my father, anybody who doesn't live life the way he does is doing something wrong."
OMG, I just went through all that shiate for the last three days, when my father, my husband and I, his caretakers, got paid a visit by his oldest daughter/my oldest sister. I am daughter number three.......
I run a home based business, and do fairly well, but my sister and her husband have government jobs, and nice retirements and investments, like Dad did/does. Dad's 85, a retired USAF Lt. Colonel and retired postmaster (double-dipper), so we haven't lived like he does, and he always reminds us of that.
He insisted I take a job as assistant postmaster when I moved up here to my homeplace, this little f^cked up town, and I got it, but I was bored to freaking tears, and resigned after a couple of years. I could not force myself to become a mindless government drone. So, therefore, apparently, he despises me, or always has, because I was the third girl, and he was really wanting a boy, and I didn't accept a life living off the government tit.
So back to my reality: I PAY MY FATHER TO TAKE CARE OF HIM, and he considers me a loser. We pay our portion of the electric bill (all electric, farm place so no water bill), pay the cable bill, and pay him an additional monthly rent amount. We also wash his clothes, clean his house, mow his yard, feed his cows, mend his fences, herd his cows back in when they break thru the fences, regardless of the hour of the day, work his cows - band their balls, innoculations, sprays, yada yada with all the cow things), give him his insulin shots, cook all his meals and snacks based on a diabetic diet (another reason he despises me, and sometimes he will just drive off to Walmart and buy huge copious amounts of sugary food). I almost wipe his ass - naw, I just throw his skid marked underwear out and get new ones.
And this is after spending seven years taking care of my mother, his bed-ridden wife who used a bed pan and was totally immobile. That's a whole 'nother story I just won't go in to right now, but I can assure you it was a massive clusterf^ck.
So back to my visiting oldest sister - (a fourth grade teacher which I truly admire but can see her amazing manipulative abilities). She flits in and out,only stays a day or two when she comes here, vacations multiple times a year, has her nails done, all that foo foo shiate, and our father gifts her $12,000 (as she told him he could without the IRS being involved. She said he could give her or any family member, or anyone more money, according to her lawyer, like she suggested $25,000, but Dad insisted on a visit with her and his CPA, (where my sister actually used to work), and the CPA said $12, not $25K, so Dad only gave her $12K) during this last visit....they think I won't know, but shiate, I'm the one who does his bookkeeping and reconciles everything - I knew what was happening the very minute he told me to go get him his checkbook.
That, and she took boxes and boxes of very expensive stuff my mom collected over the years - her car was full, and we had to air her tires up before she left, because it was so bogged down with stuff that is worth tens of thousands of dollars. All because she and her husband are good gubmint employees, and they can talk all that investment bullshiate and feel really good about their futures and such, according to my Dad.
And I won't even go in to how my dad has paid for her two daughter's educations - I must admit it's pretty cool having a PhD or whatever in the family, but my husband's and my blood and sweat worked the cows that made the money that went to the two girls.
And I won't even go in to my other sister - she just got $25 grand from him........
So this morning, while my oldest sister who is just visiting, was still sleeping, who gets woke up at dawn with "the Dodge won't start, and I can't go feed the cows"? My dear husband has to jump out of bed and get the truck started.......and my DH does all the barn feeding and watering of our almost 100 cows and calves, with no thanks and no pay.......
And, all this was occurring while I knew I had exactly eight seven cents in my bank account. I didn't sleep very well last night. I was nice and polite to everyone all day, and it feels really good to get this off my chest.
It's really sad that I am an agnostic, because if I was really religious, I could fool myself with the thought of "Blessed are the caretakers" and all that bullshiate, and would be able to convince myself that all this is worth going through because I will be blessed enough to get in to heaven some day, but since I'm not, I won't. And the thought of spending eternity in heaven with some people I know who are bound and determined to be in heaven, well, I'll just politely decline.
And I can't remember the last time I had dinner out, and I'm pretty sure that when I did, I thought to myself that I could do better, and it would be cheaper. I'm a pretty good cook.
If you had the patience to read this, thank you. If I am the one that is f^cked up, please tell me. I do know that I am in my home place, Gawd's Country, a place I adore, and want to stay here.
Oh, and luckily, with eighty seven cents in the bank, I got some receivables in this morning's mail. I can usually tell when that happens - my palm starts itching. I'm not kidding!
The End
So how many more people are out of work due to this???? It is the trickle-down effect we've hear about for so long??? As it cost more to get to and from work (for those that still have a job) they have less to spend less for everything else.
Bush says "its not a recession." Maybe not to him and his crownies that are making money off the price of oil, and can afford to buy whatever they want. But to most working families in America it's a recession.
But according to Phil Graham, we're just a bunch of "whinny bums."
What's next??
5:56 = longest post ever.
5:56......I'm speechless.
5:56=You have allowed your family to treat you this way..If you really want things to change.I recommend finding a therapist ASAP.
Very dire news indeed...Will the US survive?
Hell, I thought Bennigan's went out of business years ago, and I probably haven't even seen a Steak and Ale restaurant in at least 10 years.
5:56 There are always trade offs. You chose to live life your way (this is not a criticism) and the trade off has been putting up with your father. If I were you, I would either sit down and have an UNEMOTIONAL conversation with him (that may take therapy first)about the lack of equity of the situation, or leave. Does he KNOW what he would have to pay anyone else for the services you and your husband provide? He should be able to appreciate the financial benefit he is reaping.
5:56 to say the very least, i think you should be entitled to the 100 head of beef or else tell pop you want $200 per day with 2 days off..if it were me i would insist on both!!
2:37 - you gotta be a goody two shoes Republican woman who is rich enough to likely live in one of those huge homes down near Rhome.
Say hello to your cook, dearie and give Kenneth Copeland and Phil King some hugs from us poor folks in Wise County.
Wow 5:56.... I've always enjoyed your microbooks that you post here. Especially "the end"
I always just figured you to be a guy. I guess you're not, at least not this time. Keep on entertaining me.
I'm getting a little older and starting to think about not being a cantankerous burden on my kids. So I just smoke, drink, ride crotch rockets really fast,etc. I drive way too fast to worry about cholestrol. Anyway my whole retirement plan is based on enjoying myself all the time and hoping for an early death. The damned world is overpopulated anyway. If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space. The world ain't runnin out of people, so I'll be glad to check out and give my spot to someone else.
bummer, but maybe we just got tired of eating in chaos. and the trinkets hanging all over the room are soooooooooo 80's
5:36, what the hell are you talking about?! I feed a family of four, and it is ABSOLUTELY NOT cheaper to eat out. Oh, wait, you must be one of those that eats out at fast food places, but while at home attempt gourmet meals. You know: ribeyes, lobster, tossing out any unused herb, seasoning, milk, etc. so that you have to buy brand new stuff for every meal. I can buy a weeks worth of groceries (including formula, diapers, etc. for the baby which is the fifth person in my family, and toiletries) for a drastically cheaper price than eating dinner out for that week. And yes, it is well-balanced, healthy meals.
5:36 I think you must be getting something out of the arrangement even if it is just the honor of being long suffering. Are you living in his home rent free? If so you can say that is at least $1200 a month that is not coming out of your pocket--so actually you are getting more than your sister gets gifted to her a year. Feel Better??? I think you need a long relaxing vacation!! Take it while one of the sisters are visiting!
I had nothing to do with the youth minister's motorcycle stunt.
Double Fake Robbie Knievel
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